Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-02
NEWS NOTES.

anu OL4O 4bt-4 VIII the 4NE6-OLEl-AGE HyALAA-
cate. According to this narrative, the Ives
crowd contracted with Garrett for a control
ing interest IN the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road for Sl6,OOO,OOO, small part of which
has been paid The remainder viii be paid,
and the ''hnal outcome" is TO be a continu-
GUS road from Baltimore to St. Louis, using
the Baltimore and Ohio to Parkersburg, the
narrow gauges, changed 70 standard guage,
from there to Indianapolis, and the Wanda
liza thenceto st. Louis. The Cincinnati paper
cheerfUlly predicts that if the scheme Is car
ried out ''the county viii have the benefit
of about as audaciOus job of adventurous
financiering as has ever been undertaken"
A Berlin dispatch says the emperor's con-
ditiOn is steadily improving.
The rebellion in Afghanistan is reported
to be gaining strength.
Earthquakes were felt at Smyrna and on
the island SciO.
The supreme court of Missouri has affirm
ed the verdict in the case of Hugh NJ. Brooks
alias Maxwell, the murderer Of Arthur G..
Preler. Brooks viii be hanged at st. Louis
July u, unless his counsel succeed IN getting
an appeal to the United States supreme
court on constitutional points, which they
VIII endeavOr to do.
Sixty-twO sheep in a field near Oshtemo,
Michigan, were killed by a stroke of light
ming during a storm.
The German crown prince reviewed pro
England, but was unable TO make an address
on account Of the condition of his throat.
The great strike of bootmakers at Wor-
cester, Massachusetts, has ended IN a defeat
for the men, after five months struggle.
The conspiracy of the Cincinnati wheat
clique has had a sensational denouement.
The Fidelity National bank, at that city,
which was closely identified with the opera
tOns of the clique, has been closed by order
Of the bank examiner, and President Har-
per, Cashier Baldwin, and Assistant Cashier
Hopkins placed under arrest for violation of
the national banking laws. Harper made
an assignment of his property, estimated at
50 100000 for the benefit of his creditors.
Neither his personal liabilities nor those of
the bank can be accurately stated as yet. 1t
is thought that all the stock of the latter viii
be wiped out, and that the depOsitOrs Will
not receive more than twO-thirds of their
money. The closing OF the bank and the
arrest Of the officers have produced a pro
found sensation at Cincinnati. 1t is ru-
mOred that the city had $4,000 on deposit
in the bank when it closed its doors. The
amount lost by President Harper in the
wheat deal is put at s., 2OO,O 900 by those in
position TO know the facts.
London was en- Iste in honor of the queens
jubilee. The streets through which the
great procession passed were crowded as
early as O'Clock IN the morning with peo-
pie, many of whom had occupied their
places all night. About ten thousand troops,
representing III DLAAGLAb5 OL the service
were IN line, together with several thousand
police. Her majesty rode from Buckingham
palace to Westminster abbey in a state
carriage drawn by eight ponies, and was at
tended by mounted body guard consisting
Of her sons, grandsOns, and sOns-in-law, all
IN military uniform. All along the route the
most demOnstrative enthusiasm prevailed.
AT Westminster abbey the scene was brilliant
and dazzling IN the extreme. All the reign
ing families of Europe, the peerage of Eng
land, learned societies. corporations, the
professions science, art, agriculture, and
the wOrkingnen's unions were represented
IN the great assemblage. When her majesty
entered the abbey the vast throng rose to
their feet, and remained standing until she
had been seated upon the grand dais under
the lantern tower. The religious services
were conducted by the archbishop of Canter-
bury and the dean of Westminster, and were
appropriate and impressive. In returning
! to buckingham palace the royal party fol
lowed the route taken by the queen after her
coronation fifty years ago.
Professor @. A. Schaeffer, the new presi-
dent of the Iowa university, has been in
stalled There Is great indignation among
the alumni over the action of the board of
regents IN requesting the resignation of
Professors Leonard, Parker, and Fellows,
who have long filled chairs IN the institution.
Judge j. NJ. Love has been made chancellor
of the law school
It now appears that the Fidelity National
bank of Cincinnati was rotten to the core
when the bank examiner ordered 1t to close.
The liabilities are belived to aggregate the
enormous sum of 100000, and the visible
assets are very slender. Wiltshire, who Is
SUSPECTED to have been merely an agent of
Harper inthe wheat conspiracy, is a debtor
of the bank for Sl,1OO,OOO, which he "bOr-
rOWed" without collateral. 1t Is rumOred at
| Cincinnati that further arrests are con-
templated The directors aIlege that Harper
| concealed from them his connection with
| the wheat deal. The indebtedness of the
Fidelity to the American Exchange National
bank of Chicago is $19S, 367 90, instead of
$4,000 as at first reported, and the latter is
partially secured by cOllaterals.
Larry Donovan, the American idiot who
/ has attempted several jumps from high
| bridges IN England, has given bonds to make
no further experiment Of the kind IN that
/ country.
Wilmington, Delaware, was visited by a
| destructive wind and rain storm. Many
/ buildings were uprOOted, and large amount
| of property was destroyed. In the suburbs
/ a house was wrecked by falling tree, three
/ of the inmates being killed and two others
dangerously hurt.
The committees representing the Anal
] gamated association and the iron and steel
l manufacturers have failed to agree upon a
/ scale of wages and a great strike is prOba-
bic unless compromise Is effected.
The wheat crop of Pennsylvania will be
| the smallest known for many years. Other
crops promise to be an average.
A vast amount of damage was inflicted
upon property and growing crops in NOtta-
way, Amelia, and DinWiddie counties, Viz
ginia, by cyclone.
The wreck of a Missouri Pacific freight
train at Sedalia caused a loss to the railway
company of $4,000.
MOnsignor Rotelli, in submitting hi.
credentials as papal nunciO to President
Grevy at Paris, told of the pOpe's fOndnesi
for France as the 'eldest daughter of the
church" and IN return was assured thai
France fairly dotted upon his holiness.
John R. Buchtel, founder of the college a
Akron, Ohio, which bears his name, has
added S175.OOO to his previous gifts Of S225,
900 70 the institution.
Four men were killed and three others ia
| tally injured by a gas explosion IN collier!
at Nantcoke, Pennsylvania
One hundred thousand Catholics Of New
! York have appealed to the Vatican agains
the threatened accommodation OF Fathe
McGlynn.
General Butler made an argument befor
the interstate commerce commission il
behalf of the Burton Car company, Whicl
has filed complaints for improper discrimina
ton against the Burlington and otherwesteu
railways.
The growth of American trade with AleXic
has led 10 a moVement,By European interest
free port Of entry. The project Is Warml
favored by leading Mexican journals
The sixth annual meeting OF the America
forestry congress viii be held at Springfield
Illinois, September "A to 16, inclusive.
A rumor is current at Belgrade, but meet
! with little credit, that one of the Bulgaria.
regents and the president of the sobrani
have been seized by cOnspirators.
A bill has been introduced in the Frenc